James I. Van Alen

James Isaac Van Alen (31 December 1772-18 May 1822) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-NY 8) from 4 March 1807 to 3 March 1809, succeeding Henry W. Livingston and preceding John Thompson.

Biography
James Isaac Van Alen was born in Kinderhook, New York in 1772, the older half-brother of Martin Van Buren. He became a lawyer in 1794 and served as town clerk from 1797 to 1801, as a justice of the peace from 1801 to 1804, as surrogate judge of Columbia County from 1804 to 1808 and from 1815 until his death in 1822, and in the US House of Representatives from 1807 to 1809.